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|name            = Altynay Sapargaliyeva
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|birth_name      = Altynay Sapargaliyeva
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|11|30}}
|death_date      =
|origin          = [[Kazakhstan]] {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}
|genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[House music|House]], [[Dance music|dance]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
|background      =  solo_singer
|instrument      = [[Singer]]
| occupation = [[Singer]], [[musician]], [[entertainer]], [[Model (person)|model]], [[dancer]]
|years_active    = 2005–Present
|label           = [[pending]]
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'''Altynay Sapargaliyeva''' ({{lang-kk|Алтынай Сапарғалиева, ''Altınay Saparğalïeva'', التىناي ساپارعالئەۆا}}; born November 30, 1989) in [[Zhanaözen]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (present [[Kazakhstan]]) is a [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] singer who placed third in [[SuperStar KZ|SuperStar KZ 3]], the Kazakh version of [[Pop Idol]].

==Biography==
Her name, "Altyn-ay", means "Golden-Moon" in [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]].

Altynay is passionate about music and singing. She is pursuing a career as a singer in Kazakhstan and then in the [[United States]].

She has been performing since early childhood. She competed in a Kazakh National Competition for teens called "Anshi Balapan".

She has performed numerous times at the International Competition "Jakhan Dala" in the city of [[Aqtau]]. She also competed in the New Wave competition, in [[Jurmala]], [[Latvia]].

She was a singer in the girl’s group “Chinatown”, well known in Kazakhstan through the New Wave competition, concerts and TV performances.

==Ancestry==

Sapargaliyeva's mother, [[Gulsharia Sapargalieva Ersainovna]], was a professional musician who graduated from P.I. Tchaikovsky college and became a conductor of orchestras and choirs. She has passed her love for music to her daughter Altynay.

Altynay Sapargaliyeva is the great-granddaughter of the famous Kazakh composer [[Jayau Mussa]], who composed the "Aksisa".

==Music career==
Sapargaliyeva moved to [[New York City]] in 2010. In 2011, she teamed up with the Bedroom Stuy production company to record new music, scheduled for commercial release in late 2011.

She has recorded a number of new songs for the album, as well as a cover of the Nocera song “Summertime, Summertime”.

==''SuperStar KZ 3'' ==
Altynay appeared in the SuperStar KZ (2006), placing third.

Theatre Round (Day One): ''Thank You'' by [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]]<br/>
Semi Finals: ''[[The Voice Within]]'' by [[Christina Aguilera]]<br/>
Top 12: ''Hit The Road, Jack!'' by [[Ray Charles]]<br/>
Top 11: ''Если В Сердце Живет Любовь'' by [[Julia Savicheva]]<br/>
Top 10: ''Эй, Моряк'' by [[Laima Vaikule]]<br/>
Top 9: ''Let's Get Loud'' by [[Jennifer Lopez]]<br/>
Top 8: ''Жүрегiмде''<br/>
Top 7: ''Şıkıdım'' by [[Tarkan (singer)|Tarkan]]<br/>
Top 6: ''All That Jazz'' by [Chicago musical]<br/>
Top 5: ''Льдинка'' by [[Larisa Dolina]]<br/>
Top 5: ''Pasadena'' by [[Maywood (band)|Maywood]]<br/>
Top 4: ''[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)|Complicated]]'' by [[Avril Lavigne]]<br/>
Top 4: ''Could I Have This Kiss Forever?'' by [[Whitney Houston]] & [[Enrique Iglesias]] (with [[Almas Kishkenbayev]])<br/>
Top 3: ''Why?'' by [[Annie Lennox]]<br/>
Top 3: ''I Have Nothing'' by [[Whitney Houston]]

==External links==
* [http://superstar.kz/participants/1.html Information about Altynay (in Russian)]
*{{facebook|AltynayMusic}}
*{{YouTube|u=mirsoshelsuma1|{{PAGENAMEBASE}}}}
*{{Twitter}}
* [http://www.reverbnation.com/AltynayMusic Music Website]


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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Zhanaozen]]
[[Category:Idols (TV series) participants]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female singers]]
[[Category:SuperStar KZ]]